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Borehole Battery: A Promising Solution for Energy Storage

POWER Magazine

These wells are often abandoned once […] The post Borehole Battery: A Promising Solution for Energy Storage appeared first on POWER Magazine. For more than a century, fossil fuel companies have drilled oil and gas wells to increase the production, consumption, and export of fossil fuels.

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Equinor Selects Baker Hughes for P&A Ops at Oseberg East Field

Offshore Engineer

Baker Hughes, an energy technology company, has secured a contract from Equinor to provide its plug and abandonment (P&A) services in the Oseberg East field on Norway’s continental shelf…

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Dolphin Drilling’s Semi-Sub Rig Readies for P&A Ops at North Sea Field

Offshore Engineer

Offshore drilling contractor Dolphin Drilling has moved its 1990-built semi-submersible rig to Caledonia field in the North Sea ahead of upcoming permanent plug and abandonment (P&A) operation

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Halliburton awarded five year contract in UK North Sea by Repsol Resources UK

Oilfield Technology

The company will deliver a rigless intervention framework that enables Repsol Resources UK to optimise well construction, production, and intervention to maximise plug and abandonment (P&A) operations. All rights reserved | Tel: +44 (0)1252 718 999 | Email: enquiries@oilfieldtechnology.com )

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ConocoPhillips announces oil find at Slagugle discovery in Norwegian Sea

Oilfield Technology

After the completion of operations, the well was permanently plugged and abandoned. The possibility for additional volumes in the lower Åre Formation and Upper Grey Beds, which were not included in the production test, represents an upside potential for the project.

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Elemental Energies appoints Decommissioning head

Offshore Energies UK

Mr Provan brings 18 years of hands-on expertise in drilling, subsea engineering, construction and decommissioning. It has an extensive record managing large-scale platform plugging and abandonment (P&A) and subsea well decommissioning. It has also formed a joint venture with Archer for global P&A.

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DOI Promulgates a New Final Rule for Increased Safety Measures on the OCS

The Energy Law

Specifically, the new final rule adds a section to 30 CFR 250, subpart Q regarding submission of decommissioning applications and reports when a blowout preventer (“BOP”) is used for abandonment operations, 250.1704(g)(1)(ii). 50856, 50882 (Aug. 50856, 50882 (Aug. 50856, 50883 (Aug.